The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's KulturfahrplanThe Timetables of History spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day. |
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... Japan , compiled Tu - Fu , Chin . poet , b . ( d . 770 ) 713 714 1 ear an II -eded by he last d . become. A. HISTORY , POLITICS Empress Wou - Hou succeeds to Chin . throne but is forced to abdicate Justinian II becomes once more ...
... Japan , compiled Tu - Fu , Chin . poet , b . ( d . 770 ) 713 714 1 ear an II -eded by he last d . become. A. HISTORY , POLITICS Empress Wou - Hou succeeds to Chin . throne but is forced to abdicate Justinian II becomes once more ...
Page 510
... Japan King Edward VIII abdicates and is succeeded by his brother George VI Dec. 11 ; Edward is named Duke of Windsor Chiang Kai - shek declares war on Japan Trotsky exiled from Russia ; settles in Mexico Germany begins building the ...
... Japan King Edward VIII abdicates and is succeeded by his brother George VI Dec. 11 ; Edward is named Duke of Windsor Chiang Kai - shek declares war on Japan Trotsky exiled from Russia ; settles in Mexico Germany begins building the ...
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... Japan , warns President Roosevelt of possibility of Jap . attack ; Anthony Eden visits Moscow ; Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor Dec. 7 ; U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan Dec. 8 ; Japanese sink HMS " Prince of Wales " and HMS " Repulse " ; ...
... Japan , warns President Roosevelt of possibility of Jap . attack ; Anthony Eden visits Moscow ; Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor Dec. 7 ; U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan Dec. 8 ; Japanese sink HMS " Prince of Wales " and HMS " Repulse " ; ...
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